#4E97AE#4E97AE

#4E97AE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.080 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E97AE
RGB	rgb(78, 151, 174)
HSL	hsl(194, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(194, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 13.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.80, -16.12, -18.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.80, 24.89, 229.65°)
OKLab	oklab(63.83% -0.0608 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(63.83% 0.08 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.8455, 26.8069, 44.0592)
Luminance	0.2681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E97AE #AE654E

analogous

#4EAE95 #4E97AE #4E67AE

triadic

#4E97AE #AE4E97 #97AE4E

tetradic

#4E97AE #954EAE #AE654E #67AE4E

square

#4E97AE #954EAE #AE654E #67AE4E

split-complementary

#4E97AE #AE4E67 #AE954E

monochromatic

#284E59 #3B7284 #4E97AE #77B0C2 #A1C9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#4E97AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#4E97AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E97AE

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E97AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E97AE	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8994AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B89AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e97ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 151, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.080 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b5c6',
    500: '#4e97ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e97ae;
$custom-light: #87b5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e97ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.375,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63835,
    "c": 0.08039,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E97AE

secondary

#C2A096

accent

#765ACE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E97AE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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